Enterococcal infection in kidney transplant recipients in a setting of low prevalence of vancomycin resistance

Transpl Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;16(4):692-5. doi: 10.1111/tid.12250. Epub 2014 Jun 26.

Authors

M Fernández-Ruiz¹, F López-Medrano, A Andrés, J M Morales, J M Aguado

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario "12 de Octubre", Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 24964726
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12250

No abstract available

Keywords: Enterococcus; infection; kidney transplantation; outcome; risk factors; vancomycin resistance.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Enterococcus / isolation & purification
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Spain / epidemiology
Vancomycin / pharmacology*
Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin